Toddler Talk Thursday | Daycare Drop Off

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This week’s featured Blog is Lil’ Bit of Us who suggested This Week’s Topic:

Dropping Your Children off at Daycare: Tips and Advice

Did I ever tell you guys about the first time I took Baybah to daycare? I went to the door, handed him over to the daycare provider and started bawling my eyes out. She was so sweet, and told me everything would be okay, and that it would get easier. I could not even imagine, I was just too upset. I started driving to work as tears continued to stream down my face. All of a sudden I realized I was going the wrong way and got even more upset. Trying to get back to where I needed to go I of course ended up in the wrong lane, and had to switch lanes quickly. Then, you guessed, a cop pulled me over. Are you kidding me?! As soon as he walked up to my car started crying even more. Long story short, he let me go and I got to work safely.

That was awful! I did not think I could handle going to work everyday like that. But thankfully, like everyone said, it does get a bit easier each day. Believe me, my heart still breaks everyday, but I know that Baybah is safe and loved when I am away from him. Baybah starting daycare was definitely harder on me than it was on him. He loves it there!

My advice would be to get your child excited about going to daycare. I will say things to Baybah like: Yay, you are going to get to play with your friends! What toys are you going to play with today? On the way there we like to have fun in the car by singing, or I have him point out things he loves like trucks and balloons. We always have fun getting him excited to go. Once we are there I try not to prolong the goodbye. I give him big hugs and kisses, tell him I love him, and that mommy will be back soon. When I pick him up, I will ask him about his day

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Comments

I bawled my eyes out when I first left Luke at daycare too. It was horrible and Luke gives me a hard time with leaving and even though I know he is in great hands, there are still days when I leave with tears in my eyes over him crying because I leave.

I do try to keep my goodbyes short but Luke likes to try to follow me out, which drags it out longer. I’m going to try to get excited about it too and make a big deal out of it and see if that makes a difference.

I cried the first time I left Andres with my mother-in-law, when he was 3 months old, for a 4 day vacation with the hubby. I bawled every single day.
I also cried the first time I left him at a home day care.